Kraken, the US cryptocurrency exchange, received 7,957 data requests from law enforcement and regulatory agencies across 74 countries in 2025, a 16.5% increase on the previous year, according to the company's annual transparency report.
The exchange provided data in response to 51.3% of those requests, covering information on 13,082 accounts.
The figures reflect both the growing scale of Kraken's global operations and the broader trend of regulators and law enforcement agencies treating cryptocurrency exchanges as a primary source of financial intelligence as digital asset adoption expands.
The United States was the dominant source of requests, accounting for 27% of the total with 2,188 submissions, while the UK generated 11.3% of referenced client jurisdictions and Germany 6.2%.
Among US agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation submitted the most requests at 677, followed by other federal and state bodies.
Subpoenas and summons were the most common request types to which Kraken responded with data, suggesting the majority of disclosures arose from formal legal processes rather than informal or voluntary cooperation.
Kraken framed the response rate of just over half as a reflection of deliberate legal scrutiny rather than broad compliance, with its chief compliance officer, CJ Rinaldi, emphasising that every disclosure is reviewed against both legal standards and internal policy before any data is released.
The company described its compliance team as comprising anti-money laundering professionals, attorneys, former law enforcement officers and certified specialists, with disclosures handled through auditable processes supported by external tooling.
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The publication of the report is itself a transparency measure, and Kraken said it intends to continue releasing the data annually as its regulatory footprint expands.
The 16.5% year-on-year rise in requests is notable at a moment when the cryptocurrency industry has broadly sought to present itself as a more cooperative counterpart to regulators, and when several major exchanges face or have recently resolved significant enforcement actions in the United States and Europe.
The recap
- Kraken received 7,957 law enforcement and regulatory requests worldwide.
- Data was produced for 51.3% of requests, consistent with prior years.
- Kraken will continue publishing the Transparency Report annually going forward.
